Alongside very respectable open-access journals, who are committed to keeping published research open-access, are a world of journals who are little more than a vanity press, publishing anything in return for cash. The journal "Science" has done an investigation, and found that many of these journals accepted a spoof paper they concocted. Of course, Science, has a vested interest in stressing the virtues of the old "pay wall" model of publication, but there is no doubt that many unscrupulous "open access" journals exist (along side older "conferences" with basically the same purpose).

This allows anyone to request a place at the Lorentz workshop. For those who have already expressed an interest rest assured their registration will be accepted, for others that are interested and request registration we will probably make a decision sometime by the end of November 2013 (on those making requests up to that point). We are committed to encourage women and young researchers to take up any extra places, and those who are developing or have developed a relevant simulation.

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

A workshop at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest,Hungary, May, 22-23 2014This
workshop will bring together two communities to join forces in research
on innovation policy modelling as it intersects the areas of complexity
science and social simulation.Broadly
speaking it aims to show how complexity models and simulation such as
the Simulating Knowledge dynamics in Innovation Networks (SKIN) model
can be used to improve and inform the innovation policy making process.

The workshop will focus on three key overlapping themes:

Modelling, understanding and managing innovation policy using the SKIN model

Large scale data and scalability for research and innovation policy modelling

SKIN between complexity science and social science: mechanisms and components

There are two scholarships available for ESSA members who are still PhD
students to give them financial support for them to attend the Lorentz
workshop on "Simulating the Social Processes of Science", that will
occur 7-11 April 2014 at the Lorentz Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands.

This would cover:

6 nights hotel: €77 x 6 = €462

5 days lunch: €11 x 5 = €55

€300 (max) travel costs

Total per student = €817

To apply, please send an explanation of why you are worthy to receive this and a short CV to Bruce Edmonds <bruce@edmonds.name> by 24th November 2013.

This is a blog (now) associated with the European Social Simulation Assocation SIG on "Simulating the Social Processes of Science". For all queries about the SIG, or items to post here please contact Bruce Edmonds "bruce at edmonds dot name". Thanks